Journal-box.



W. J. SUTLIEF.

JOURNAL B0X. APPLIATION FILED APR.1'3, 1914.

Patented Jam. 26, ma

l 191mm@ MRHE/ycfan/Ff v box embodying the present invention, show- WARREN J. SUTLFF, 0F SCHENECTADY, NEW YORK.

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Specification of Letters Patent. ,y Patented Jan, 26, 1915.

Application led April 13, 1914. Serial No. 831,521.

To all whom 'it may. concern.'

Be it known that I, l/VARREN J. SU'rLiFr, a citizen of the United States of America,

residing at Schenectady, in the county of- Scheiiectady and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Journal-Boxes, oiE which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to improvements in journal boxes, and is applied especi ally to the cellar of the driving box of a locomotive oi the stea-m railroad type.

The object of the invention is to improve the construction of the cellar in relation to its driving box so that certain diiiiculties may be overcome, and objectionable features eliminated in the driving box construction of railroad locomotives in modern use.

T he invention consists essentiallyT 1n a sectional cellar and means for holding the*- sections'together, so that in use, where the space between two boxes is less than the length of the box and consequently difficulty is encountered in placing the cellar, the cellar may be placed in position in sections, and when once located the parts are firmly held together.

-In the accompanying drawings l have illustrated one complete example of the physical embodiment of my invention constructed according to the best mode I have so far devised for the practical application of the principles of the invention, and a modified form of the invention is also illustrated.

Figure l is a front elevation of a journal ing the journal in section. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal, sectional view of the cellar. Fig. 3

is a. sectional view of the 'front section of the cellar. Fig. 4 is a similar view of the rear section. Fig. 5 is an edge view of the base plate or bottom of the cellar.l F'g. 6 is a side elevation of a modified form of cellar, the base plate being omitted.

ln the torni of the invention illustrated in Figs. 1 to 5, the cellar is adapted for'use with grease asa lubricant. The box 1, journal bearing or brass 2 and journal 3 are of usual type, and the box islitted with a pair,y

of studs 4, 4 projecting from the front wall thereof near the bottom. These studs are tapped into holes in the box andare providedwith suitable locking means to hold the perforated key 6 .which is located in position between the longitudinally extending ribs 7, 7 on the front of the front section 8 of the.cellar. The rear section of the cellar is indicated broadly by the numeral 9, and it will be seen that these two sections 8 and 9, when 4placed together in the box, as in Fig. 2, occupy the same space and position as the usual cellar.

When grease is used as a lubricant a bottom to the cellar sections is unnecessary, and thus the front section 8 comprisesthe s1de walls 10, front wall 11'and a back wall12, having an opening 13 cut therein. The wall (or partition as it becomes when the sections are placed together) extends across from side to side of the front section, and the opening 13 also extends the entire width of the cellar, or in other words the portion marked 12 in Fig. 3' is merely a cross bai extending from side to side of the section at its rear.A l

The rear section 9 of the cellar is open at the front except for a cross bar 14 extending from the sides 15 of the section, and as will be immediately apparent, this bar 14 is adapted to fit into the opening 13 in the front section. The rear wall 16 of the rear section 9 has the curved upperv face or edge as has the front wall 11, but at the lower outer edge of the wall 16 an angular groove 17 is formed extending from side to side of the rear section. This groove is adapted to receive and accommodate a rib 18 'projected above the surface of the base plate 19, and located at the rear extremity thereof. The base plate .forms the bottom of the cellar, and the two sections of the cellar are secured to theplateby means of the rib and groove Vconnection at the rear, and

-also at the front by a bolt 2O passed through groove 19 is formed on which the sections rest and this groove prevents lateral displacement of the cellar; The back wall of "the -front section 'and the front wall of the rear section form 'an intermediate partition for the cellar, and an additional surface for the journal bearing, and, as usual the grease for lubrication is contained in the cellar at both sides of the intermediate partition.

provided a. device ivhicrh may be attached or detached with facility, even though the space be insufficient to manipulate the cellar as a Whole. F or instance, when takingv out the cellar, with the bolt 20 and the key 6 removed, the front section may be first dislodged, andI then the rear section 9 may be easily'Withdrawn. It necessary, when locating. the parts of the cellar, the reverse of this procedure-may 'be adopted, and the cellar placed in position in sections and then firmly held by the base plate and itsconnection to the box.

masias Having thus fully described my invention, what l claim is f l. In a journal box, a cellar comprising a base plate, a front and a rear section, and means for securing Vthese sections together.

2. A cellar comprising a front and rear section and a base plate, the front section having a rear cross ba'r and the rear section having afront cross bar interlocked together to hold the sections in place.

,3. A cellar comprising' a front section with a rear cross bar anda rear section with a 'front cross bar locked together, and a base plate joining the sections.

4. The combination in a cellar comprising l a front section andl a rear section with' interlocking parts, of a base plate having a rib thereon engagingv a groove in the rear section of the cellar.

ln testimony whereof I aiix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

' "WARREN J. SUTLFF.

lWitnesses EDWARD GRUPE, HAROLD E. GRUPE. 

